My boyfriend just bought me a baby veiled chammie yesterday. He noticed that I fell in love with the little boy when I put my finger up to the glass, and he was trying so hard to climb onto it that he would follow my finger! Watching him do that made me love him right away because my old boy (he...
Hello all,
I’m concerned my veiled has an infection, but I’m not sure what type of infection and I worry he has a renal issue.
Once or twice a week for two weeks now I’ve tried giving him 2 medium hornworms to make his urates whiter, but it has barely worked (I’ll keep trying).
In addition...
You're most welcome! I do agree that the falling issue is a thing to keep a close eye on. Chameleons have very small bones that can easily be broken. However, they fall in the wild, too! They will even intentionally fall if they feel threatened by something that could potentially eat them. But...
You're doing fantastically with your chammy! Urate-only defecations are normal, especially for a hearty drinker. It is common for veileds (and other chameleons, I believe) to actually defecate feces once or twice a week, or more or less depending on temperature and humidity and food type...
If you want to try and get them to go away, remove calcium dishes and see if that helps. If your gecko is overweight, cut back on food and they may go away. Either way, they're not in any immediate danger.
Some do and some don't. And sometimes these deposits will go away and return. It just depends on the circumstances! No need to worry, I have 3 leopard geckos ;)
That should be on both sides and they are completely normal! They're just a place your gecko stores extra calcium, vitamins, what have you. Perfectly normal!!
His casque is quite swollen. I'm just not sure if the vet trip is worth stressing him out over. He doesn't like being handled and I don't want the stress to weaken his immune system. My exotic vet is an hour away so that's 2 hours of driving in a carrier and probably an hour at the vet's office...